Timothée Chalamet, Greta Gerwig and Rebecca Hall are the latest actors to speak out about working with the director

Alec Baldwin has criticised actors for expressing regret over working with Woody Allen, saying his time working with the director was “a privilege”.

In 1993, Allen was accused by his then seven-year-old adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, of sexual assault. Allen has always denied the claims and no charges were brought, with the investigation dropped at the time. Last year, Farrow wrote an opinion piece for The LA Times asking why the #MeToo movement had not yet put him under the same scrutiny as the likes of Harvey Weinstein.

Earlier today (January 16), Baldwin tweeted in defence of Allen from his Alec Baldwin Foundation account. “Woody Allen was investigated forensically by two states (NY and CT) and no charges were filed,” he wrote.

He added that while he thought “the renunciation of him and his work, no doubt, has some purpose,” he said he felt it was “unfair and sad”. “I worked w WA 3 times and it was one of the privileges of my career.”

Woody Allen was investigated forensically by two states (NY and CT) and no charges were filed. The renunciation of him and his work, no doubt, has some purpose. But it’s unfair and sad to me. I worked w WA 3 times and it was one of the privileges of my career.